When it comes to seeing and being seen, the following streets
are some of the most magnificent boulevards and avenues on the
planet! Singular in so many delightful ways, these streets
offer a myriad of attractions that continue to delight locals as
well as visitors from around the world.
If you’re planning a getaway, consider taking a holiday that
includes plenty of time to explore one of these fascinating
thoroughfares to discover for yourself what makes them so
revered.
Embodying all the celebrated beauty of Paris, the
Champs-Elysees is generally regarded as the grandest
street on the planet. Moreover, it is also known as the most
beautiful street in the world. Home to illustrious monuments
like the Arc de Triomphe, the thoroughfare is also strewn with
luxury shops, cafes, hotels, and boutique hotels. No visit to
Paris would be complete without a stroll along the
Champs-Elysees
Connecting Plaça de Catalunya with Port Vell’s Christopher
Columbus Monument, this central Barcelona street is like a party
that never sleeps. Frequented by tourists and locals alike,
La Rambla has its own energy and symbolic
beauty. Filled with cafes, bars, restaurants, shops, and
street performers, it is one of the best-loved stretches in all of
Europe. People who have walked the street have often lamented that
it had an end as they wished it would go on and on.
Perhaps the best lit street on the planet, the Las Vegas
Strip is known world-wide for its magnificent displays of
illuminated signs, luxury hotels, and, of course,
casinos. Tourists come from all over the world to shop, attend
shows, and people watch along this strip that has become synonymous
with gambling, risk-taking, and thrill-seeking!
Once known as Nanking Road, today’s Nanjing
Road still continues as the most famous shop and
market-strewn street in all of China – perhaps even all of Asia! As
the world’s longest shopping street, Nanking Road is six kilometers
(nearly four miles) long and filled with everything from antiques
to foodstuffs. It is also home to a staggering array of hotels and
restaurants. The street is said to be visited by as many as one
million people each day.
Known as the ‘way of sorrows,’ Via Dolorosa
traces the route walked by Christ toward the cross where he was
crucified. People come to this road from around the world to
pay homage to Christ in this city that is filled with religious
monuments and sites. Marked by Nine Stations of the Cross, Via
Dolorosa is the site of weekly symbolic processions that lead from
the Fortress of Antonia all along a route that twists and
turns.
